Shoe



H. WESTLING.

SHOE.

APPLI1H`10N FILED NBV. 24| 19H.

1,349,744. Patented m17, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN WESTLING, OE HUDSON, MassACHUSETTS,` ASSGNOE TOAPSLEY RUBBER COMPANY, OE HUDSON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OE MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Auw, 17, 1920.

Application led November 24, `1919. Serial No. 340,165.

To autonom/15 may concern.'

15e it known that I, HERMAN WEsTLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Middlesex and State of lVlassachusetts, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates especially to rubber-soled shoes, and more particularly to rubber-soled canvas shoes.

One Obj ection to rubber-soled canvas shoes as heretofore made has been the somewhat clumsy appearance due to the manner in which the upper is connected with the sole and alsoto the formation `ot the heel. Usually as heretofore constructed the shoe is made without a welt and therefore lacks the finished appearance which the leather shoe has, due to the welt. Sometimes a welt has been employed of special form and which runs entirely around both the sole and heel portion of the upper-Of the Shoe, whereasin the ordinary leather shoe the welt terminates at the heel. Moreover the heel portion has usually been formed integral with the rubber outer sole of the shoe and is produced by giving an increased thickness to the heel portion of the sole during the manufacture of the sole, or sometimes the heel has been made separate and cemented or vulcanized. onto the sole. The object of the present invention is to produce a rubbersoled canvas shoe having a welt which terminates at the breast of the heel and hav- 'ing a separate heel attached to the shoe by nails or other metallic fastenings, so that in outside appearance the shoe will resemble the makeup of a welted leather shoe" having a heel attached thereto by cement, nails or other metallic fastenings. Another object of the invention is to provide such a construction that the heel portion of the-sole may be attached to the upper and the insole by nails before the heel. is attached, and then have the heel attached separately. In the ordinary method of construction of rubber-soled canvas shoes it is impossibleto firmly secure the heel portion of the Outer solo to the upper inner sole by nails, because the nails have a tendency to draw through the rubber sole. One Object of the invention is to provide a Stay member on the lower face of the heel portion of the sole to sectional view of a shoe after it has been lasted, `and having the heel stay member of theinvention attached to the outer sole.

Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the stay member. i i

Fig. 3 isa plan view of the shoe shown in F ig. 1.

` Fig. 4 is a view partly in section showing the shoe after the heel has been attached.

Referring'now to the drawings, 1 represents the canvas upper, 2 the insole,` 3 the welt, and i the outer sole. The welt 3 is secured to the upper and insole preferably by stitches 5; the welt extends around the forepart and shank of the Shoe and termi` nates as shown in Fig. 4, just back of the 'breast portion of the heel.

The upper, welt and inner sole having been united together in any suitable manner, the heel portion of the upper is lasted in by means of tacks 15 after the usual manner of lastillg, the tacks being driven through theiturned under portion of the `canvas upper and throiigh the inner sole and counter. Then the outer sole 4c is laid 'upon the inner sole andcemented to the inner sole excepting as to the heel portion thereof which at that time is left` free. Then there is `applied `to the heel portion of the outersole a heelshaped piece 6 of canvas, or other suitable fabric, canvas be- -sole to retain it in position, and then a row V cient strength to prevent the head of a nail rfrom drawing through, whereas if the canvas piece were not employed and the head of the nail rested directly against the face of the outer sole, the head of the nail would Wear on the rubber and ,either wear through or at least Wear loose. rlhe use of the canvas piece 6 is much preferred to the use of a metallicrrpiece, because the nails can be Y driven anywhere through the canvas piece Without the necessity of having them register VWith any particular hole as would be Vrequired it' any metallic `plate were employed, and, furthermore, the canvas is more flexible. T hen the heel 1,0 may be applied and secured in any suitable manner, as for instance by the ordinary method o securing a rubber heel to a leather shoe either by cement or n by metallic astenings driven through apertures in the rubber heel and then into the heel seat and clenched.

y That I claim is Vl. A rubber-soled canvas shoe having a canvas upper, an inner sole, and a welt all united together, the welt extending around the orepart and the shank and terminating at points substantiallyopposite the breast of the heel and outer sole, the rubber sole secured to the inner' sole throughout the torepart and shank, a layer ofcanvas attached to the outer face of the heel portion of the outer sole, and fastenings nails which pass through saidcanvas layer and'through the outer and Y inner soles, the nails having heads which bear, against the outer face of said canvas layer.V

2. yA rubber-soled canvas shoe, having a canvas upper, an inner sole, and a Welt all `united together the Welt Vextending around the forepart and the shank and terminating at points substantially opposite the breast of vthe heel, the turned-under heel portion of the upper and of the inner sole being lasted together by tacks passing through the turned-wider portion oi the upper and counter and the inner sole, an outer sole o1" rubber adhesively secured to the inner sole throughout the torepart and shank, a layer of canvas shaped to the contour of the heel and attached to the outer tace ol the heel portion of the outer sole, and fastening nails which pass through said canvas layer, the outer sole, the underturned portion ot the upper and the inner sole.`

3. A rubber-soled canvas shoe, having a canvas upper, an innersole, and a welt all united together, the welt extending around the orepart and the shank and terminating" at points substantially opposite the breast of the heel, the turned-under heel portion of the upper and counter and the inner sole being lasted together by tacks passing through the turned-under portion ot the upper and inner sole, an outer sole oi rubber secured to the inner sole throughout the torepart and shank, a layer ot canvas shaped to the contour of' the heel but somewhat smaller than the heel portion of the outer sole, so that the periphery oi the outer sole, extends outward slightly farther than the peripher \`v of the canvas layer and attached to the outer tace of the heel portion ot" the outer sole, and fastening nails which pass through said canvas layer, the outer sole, the under-turned portion o the upper and the inner sole.

4l. A rubber-soled canvas shoe, having a canvas upper, an inner sole, and a welt all united together, the welt extending around the forepart and the shank and terminating at points substantially opposite the breast of the heel, the turned-under heel portion ot the upper and counter and of' the inner sole being united together, an outer sole ol rnbber adhesively secured to the inner sole throughout the forepart and shank, a laver vof canvas shaped to the contour ot the heel and attached to the lower iaee oit the heel portion of the outer sole, and fastening Vnails which pass through said canvas layer,

the outer sole, the uinler-turnml portion ot the upper and counter and the inner sole.` and a rubber heel as a separate article attached to the outer sole, the said canvas heel piece lying between the said attached heel and the outer sole.

In testimony whereof' I allix iny signature.

HERMAN W ESTLING. 

